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Staffordshire, England Welcomes New IRONMAN 70.3 Event

Inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire to take place in June 2015.

IRONMAN racing will be coming to the heart of England next year. The inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire triathlon will take place on June 14, 2015.

One of the flattest, fastest triathlons on the calendar, IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire will consist of a 1.2-mile swim in Chasewater reservoir and a 56-mile bike course through the stunning countryside outside Lichfield, Burton-upon-Trent and across Cannock Chase, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The concluding 13.1-mile run will start and finish at the historic Shugborough country estate, the former ancestral home of Lord Lichfield, a renowned royal photographer and cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

One of more than 70 events in the global IRONMAN 70.3 Series, IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire will have a US$15,000 professional prize purse and will be a P-500 race. Additionally, the race will offer 30 age-group qualifying slots for athletes to qualify for the 2015 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship to be held in Zell am See, Austria, the first time the championship will take place in Europe.

Full details of the race will be available later this summer. For athletes wishing to register for IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire and/or to receive additional information, please go to www.ironman.com/staffordshire70.3